Palmitic acid Foods high in palmitic acid and how much you need · Fatty acids

Most in a serving: Beef, suet

There's no official daily target for palmitic acid.

Among plant foods, palm oil, coconut milk and cocoa butter have the most palmitic acid per serving. Among animal foods, the most are in beef, suet; eel and yoghurt, turkish/greek, 10% fat.

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Foods highest in palmitic acid

Ranked from 1,194 foods in our catalog, one entry per food.

1

Beef, suet, raw 19,185 mg

serving (85 g) · Offal dishes
2

Pork, jowl, raw 12,954 mg

serving (85 g) · Offal dishes
3

Veal, breast, separable fat, cooked 10,622 mg

serving (85 g) · Steaks and chops
4

Duck, domesticated, meat and skin, raw 10,538 mg

serving (110 g) · Chicken and other birds
5

Pork ribs, fried 8,882 mg

serving (85 g) · Steaks and chops
6

Eel 6,556 mg

serving (110 g) · Fish
7

Palm oil 5,916 mg

tbsp (13.6 g) · Oils
8

Pork chop, grilled 5,284 mg

serving (85 g) · Steaks and chops
9

Yoghurt, turkish/greek, 10% fat 4,999 mg

serving (170 g) · Yoghurt
10

Cheese, hard cheese, goat cheese, 20-25% fat 4,882 mg

serving (55 g) · Cheese, ripened cheese
11

Croissant, home-made 4,623 mg

serving (55 g) · Savoury bakery
12

Coconut milk 4,339 mg

serving (240 g) · Vegetable juices
13

Salami 4,131 mg

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, sausages
14

Chicken leg and thigh with skin, grilled 3,972 mg

serving (85 g) · Chicken and other birds
15

Pork and beef, canned 3,885 mg

serving (85 g) · Meat products
16

Sour cream, 40% fat 3,639 mg

serving (30 g) · Fermented milk products, other
17

Whipping cream, 38% fat, low-lactose, ultra-heat-treated 3,472 mg

serving (30 g) · Cream
18

Cocoa butter 3,386 mg

tbsp (13.6 g) · Cooking and industrial fat
19

Butter oil, milk fat 3,323 mg

tbsp (12.8 g) · Butter, milk fat
20

Cream cheese, mascarpone, 38% fat 3,289 mg

serving (30 g) · Cheese, unripened, fresh cheese
21

Lamprey, smoked 3,278 mg

serving (55 g) · Fish products
22

Lard, animal fat 3,218 mg

tbsp (12.8 g) · Animal fat
23

Butter lactose-free 3,194 mg

tbsp (15 g) · Butter, milk fat
24

Popcorn, microwave popcorn 3,188 mg

serving (30 g) · Savoury snacks
25

Plantains, green, fried 3,177 mg

serving (140 g) · Fruit and berry dishes other than pies
26

Cream quark, 10% fat 3,147 mg

serving (110 g) · Quark
27

Oil, cottonseed, fully hydrogenated 3,123 mg

tbsp (13.6 g) · Oils
28

Whipped cream, unsweetened 3,052 mg

serving (30 g) · Cream
29

Milk, raw milk, 4.4 % fat, without added vitamin d 3,045 mg

serving (240 g) · Milks >2% fat
30

Processed cheese, 20-24% fat 3,045 mg

serving (55 g) · Processed cheese
31

Butter 3,023 mg

tbsp (14.2 g) · Butter, milk fat
32

Chicken wing with skin 3,023 mg

serving (110 g) · Chicken and other birds
33

Margarine 80%, cooking margarine, average 3,002 mg

tbsp (14 g) · Cooking and industrial fat
34

Tallow, beef fat 2,895 mg

tbsp (12.8 g) · Animal fat
35

Chorizo, fried without fat 2,743 mg

serving (55 g) · Sausages
36

Brazil nut 2,726 mg

serving (30 g) · Nuts, seeds and dried fruits
37

Creme fraiche, 28% fat 2,583 mg

serving (30 g) · Fermented milk products, other
38

Frankfurter, fried 2,558 mg

serving (55 g) · Sausages
39

Cottonseed kernel, roasted (glandless) 2,530 mg

serving (30 g) · Nuts, seeds and dried fruits
40

Chocolate, white chocolate 2,498 mg

serving (30 g) · Chocolate
41

Curd milk, plain, 3.5% fat 2,346 mg

serving (240 g) · Cultured milks
42

Sea buckthorn juice 2,208 mg

serving (240 g) · Juices
43

Liver sausage, liver pate, average 2,021 mg

serving (55 g) · Offal dishes
44

Pesto sauce, herb sauce 2,016 mg

serving (63 g) · Condiments
45

Skyr, plain, 4% fat 1,901 mg

serving (170 g) · Quark
46

Salmon fillet 1,888 mg

serving (110 g) · Fish
47

European sprat 1,859 mg

serving (110 g) · Fish
48

Sea buckthorn, dried, sea buckthorn powder 1,831 mg

serving (40 g) · Nuts, seeds and dried fruits
49

Parma ham, 15% fat 1,815 mg

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, meat
50

Groat sausage, fried 1,814 mg

serving (55 g) · Sausages

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Palmitic acid Foods high in palmitic acid and how much you need · Fatty acids

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